494 The Everchanging Sixth Stree (1/2)
Chapter 494: The Everchanging Sixth Street
Translator: _Min_Editor: Rundi
”How many days has it been?” On the roof of the Dark Red Chamber of Commerce building, Cao Guangkai in a suit gazed in Wanghai's direction without many words.
”The sixth day,” The guard beside him said respectfully.
[The sixth day already?]
Dawn colored the thin fog into a golden glow. Even in Su City ten kilometers away, he could still smell the fragrance known as order and freedom. It had been clear in that direction, without any smoke, for the sixth day.
Moments later, Cao Guangkai slowly said.
”That man, when did he leave?”
The man he referred to was Lin Chaoen.
The man who referred to himself as the apostle of Supreme civilization.
The guard hesitated for a moment and answered with an uncertain voice, ”Around two months.”
Cao Guangkai nodded.
”He shouldn't be back then.”
Based on their agreement, if he didn't come back in two months, that meant their agreement was over.
”Even God could not stop their rise to power?” Cao Guangkai looked to the direction of the Fishbone and raised his eyebrows.
Not long ago, the Dark Red's division in Hang City brought information that the Merchant Alliance formed a partnership with the NAC in the areas of banking, merchant guild, and mercenary guild. Although NAC soldiers didn't step into Hang City, NAC already exported its influence into Hang.
The core of a merchant is currency. What's a better way to control merchants than controlling the currency?
Cao Gunagkai lowered his head.
He needed to reconsider the future of Dark Red seriously.
…
The Sixth Street looked prosperous.
The crystal detector common among the streets of the Sixth Street suddenly disappeared without a trace and was replaced by EP transfer or bill payment. The Sixth Street also injected enough currency into the market in the form of a loan, and the council also signed on the proposal to reduce the tax on credit transactions to promote the use of ”credit” in trades.
At first, people were skeptical about the currency. But with the passage of time, the exchange between credit and crystal began to appreciate. The initial 1:2 rose to what was 1:4 now. If it was not for NAC's strict control on credit circulating in the market, people were desperate to smash their slowly depreciating crystals onto the counter of the bank.
Because of NAC's control of credit circulation, it resulted in the strong purchasing power of the credit. Continually printing currency would only turn the currency into useless papers. Right now, on the black market, the exchange rate between crystals to credit climbed to an astounding 1:6.
On the other side, the establishment of the merchant guild provided merchant transaction access to Suhang Province and to even further places with information security. It also brought orders to the Sixth Street factories from beyond Wanghai's territory.
The mercenary guild established a division in Hang City and gave the hunters that lost Wanghai as a ”hunting ground” a new profession. They either became mercenaries or guards of merchant fleets in expanding the trade route from Hang City.
Jiang Chen was walking along the street in the Inner Circle with the company of Chu Nan and the NAC soldiers, touring the ever-changing city.
”There are a total of 174 mutant nests destroyed, and that accounts for 89% of the progress in capturing the west city center. The remaining 21 nests, because of higher risk ratings, no mercenary organization is willing to take on the mission alone.”
”Then leave it to the NAC soldiers,” Jiang Chen was quite intrigued by the prosperous city as he said nonchalantly.
”On the other hand, the slave owners from Su City expressed their dissatisfaction with us. Because of the depreciation of crystals, it shrunk their assets by four times.”
Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows.